44 Edward Street, West Bromwich, B70 8NU
About 44 Edward Street
44 Edward Street is a mid-terrace house in West Bromwich (B70 8NU). It has a recorded floor area of 188 m² (around 2024 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (April 2016) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since February 2014. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor; while window efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and lighting dropped from Very Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from April 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2021. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 188 m² it's 21.3% larger than the typical home in the postcode (155 m² median across 15 EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £291,000 is 16.4% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£124/sq ft) was about 56% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold January 2022 for £250,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Energy performance
44 Edward Street's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 20 Apr 2026
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls changed
Roof insulation improved
Low energy lighting percentage decreased
Planning history
44 Edward Street has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
- Nov 2021ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Proposed single storey rear extension.
- Documents
- 13 docs on file
- Reference
- DC/21/66191
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£291,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£250,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
21 January 2022Most recent
£250,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in B70 8NU: £235,000 (2025–2012).
Nearby sales in B70 8NU
78 Edward Street, West Bromwich, B70 8NU
Sold May 2025
£275,00060 Edward Street, West Bromwich, B70 8NU
Sold Apr 2024
£287,00048 Edward Street, West Bromwich, B70 8NU
Sold Feb 2021
£185,00040 Edward Street, West Bromwich, B70 8NU
Sold Nov 2018
£235,00084 Edward Street, West Bromwich, B70 8NU
Sold Sept 2012
£187,000
Versus other Edward Street homes
On years held, 44 Edward Street runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£1,330
Street avg £1,146
Floor Area
188 m²
Street avg 168 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
12.0 t/year
Street avg 10.3 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
7/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Lodge Road (West Midlands Metro) — subway entrance.
Closest school
0.1 km
Shireland Biomedical Utc. 33 schools nearby.
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